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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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